I am an ordinary sort of fellow, not braver than other people, but I hate to see a good man downed, and that long knife would not be the end of Scudder if I could play the game in his place.

If you’re going to be killed you invent some kind of flag and country to fight for, and if you survive you get to love the thing

Life is full of screwups, " he said, chucking another paper at the split-level before taking the corner. "You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existence.

In the 50 years I've spent helping people to overcome illness, disability and disease, it has become crystal clear that poor bowel management lies at the root of most peoples' health problems.

Minimalism is the pursuit of the essence of things, not the appearance.

We are supposed to forgive everyone; everyone includes ourselves.

If you can't trust the Bible's history, how can you trust its morality?

When I play against someone that's new in the league, I make him respect me. They may have heard about me, but now you get to see me actually in front of you. That drives me.

Anything over-handed, I do left-handed. Like throwing a ball or serving in tennis. Otherwise, right-handed, like writing and shaving.

It is a dangerous notion that we need a government to protect us from ourselves.

Well, I don't have much competition here." "You don't have much competition anywhere.

Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly.